On The Mutual Adjustment Of Pres Sure And Velocity Distributions In Certain…

The writer (/) recently advanced the hypothesis that the horizontal pressure gradients observed in the current systems of the atmosphere and the ocean to a large extent must be interpreted as reactions to the Coriolis’ forces impressed upon these systems by the rotation of the earth. Observa tional support for this point of view was found in the fact that both the temperature-salinity an…

A Study on The Foaming of Sea Water. Part 1

In spite of the fact that many marine observers are aware that sea water has a remarkable foaming capacity, there has not been any scientific study of this subject. However, the foaming capacity may be of considerable importance in oceanography. For instance, there must be an intimate relation between the Beaufort scale and the foaming of sea water, since there is no doubt that aspects of white…

A Momentum Integral For Surface Waves in Deep Water

It has been demonstrated by the studies of Stokes (1847) and Lcvi-Civita (1925) that surface waves of finite height which are irrotational and periodic can exist in a liquid under the influence of gravity. Furthermore, it was pointed out by Stokes that such waves produce a transport of mass in the direction of propagation and hence possess a certain horizontal momentum relative to the undisturb…

Note on the Use of the T-S Correlation for Dynamic Height Anomaly Computations

The convenience of the bathythermograph for making rapid detailed surveys of the thermal structure in vertical sections of the ocean is leading to an accumulation of data on ocean temperatures far exceeding that on the corresponding salinities. Since dynamic height anomaly computations require a knowledge of both the temperature and the salinity as functions of depth, it is the purpose of …

Light Penetration in The Gulf of Mexico

The growing interest in the intensity of light beneath the surface of the ocean from both the physical and the biological points of view has resulted in further efforts to obtain reliable measurements under widely differing conditions and in a variety of locations. For the most part, however, these measurements have been made in northern waters and have been confined largely to coastal regions.…

Lateral Mixing In The Deep Water Of The South Atlantic Ocean

The deep-sea circulation of the Atlantic has recently been carefully analyzed by Wiist (1935) who, on the basis of the tongue-like distribution of temperature and salinity, has drawn conclusions as to the direction of flow at different depths. lie considers that an exchange of deep water be tween the North Atlantic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean is maintained by a How to the north along the…

The Sodium-Chlorinity Ratio Of Ocean Waters From The Northeast Pacific

Ocean water is a complex solution of many ions. The concentration of this solution varies considerably from place to place but it has been repeatedly shown that the relative concentration of the ions to each other is remarkably constant.

Transport And Convergence Of The North Atlantic Drift Current Computed From T…

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Note on The Correction of Reversing Thermometers

Corrections have to be applied to the readings of protected and unprotected reversing thermometers because they are read at a temp erature that differs from that at the time of reversal. In deriving these corrections it is generally assumed that Feruglio’s (1912) equa tion [(5) below] is exact. It is shown here that Feruglio’s equation is not quite exact, but a close approximation. Fro…

The Water Masses Off The West Coast of North America

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